Copyright Notice & License

1. Preamble

Jurnal Bios Logos is committed to the principles of Open Access and to the broad dissemination of scholarly research in the biological sciences. This Copyright and License Policy explains the rights retained by authors, the publishing rights granted to the journal, and the terms under which published articles may be accessed, shared, reproduced, and reused. Jurnal Bios Logos seeks to protect authors' intellectual property rights while ensuring that published research can be widely accessed and used by researchers, students, institutions, and the public in accordance with the applicable Creative Commons license. Jurnal Bios Logos is published by the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University.

2. Copyright Ownership

Authors who publish their articles in Jurnal Bios Logos retain the copyright to their work.

Authors are not required to transfer copyright ownership to Jurnal Bios Logos or its publisher. Instead, authors grant Jurnal Bios Logos a non-exclusive right of first publication and authorize the journal to publish, distribute, preserve, and make the article publicly available. By publishing in Jurnal Bios Logos, authors agree that their work will be made available under the Creative Commons license adopted by the journal. This arrangement allows authors to retain ownership of their scholarly work while enabling Jurnal Bios Logos to disseminate and preserve the published version.

3. Publishing License and User Rights

All articles published in Jurnal Bios Logos are currently licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). The journal's current copyright notice identifies this as the applicable license.

Under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, users are permitted to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format; and
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material;

provided that the following conditions are met:

  • Attribution (BY): Appropriate credit must be given to the author(s), and Jurnal BIOS LOGOS must be acknowledged as the original source of publication. Wherever applicable, the citation should include the article title, author(s), journal title, volume, issue, page range or article number, year of publication, and DOI. Users should also provide a link to the applicable Creative Commons license and indicate whether changes have been made.
  • NonCommercial (NC): The material may not be used primarily for commercial purposes without obtaining any additional permission that may be required from the copyright holder.

The CC BY-NC 4.0 license does not require derivative works to be distributed under the same license. Therefore, unlike CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, there is no ShareAlike requirement under the license currently used by Jurnal BIOS LOGOS.

The full license terms are available from Creative Commons:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Creative Commons License

4. Authors' Rights to Reuse Their Own Work

Because authors retain copyright, authors have broad rights to reuse their articles published in Jurnal BIOS LOGOS, subject to appropriate acknowledgment of the original publication.

Authors may, among other things:

  • deposit the published article in institutional or subject repositories;
  • post the article on personal, academic, or institutional websites;
  • share the article with students, researchers, or colleagues;
  • use the article for teaching and educational purposes;
  • reproduce part or all of the article in a thesis, dissertation, book, book chapter, review article, or other subsequent scholarly work, subject to proper citation and applicable publication requirements;
  • present material from the article at scientific meetings, seminars, workshops, or conferences;
  • distribute copies for scholarly and educational purposes; and
  • reuse figures, tables, data, or other material originating from their own article, provided that the original Jurnal BIOS LOGOS publication is appropriately acknowledged.

When reusing their published work, authors should provide the full citation and DOI of the original article whenever available.

5. Rights Granted to Jurnal BIOS LOGOS

By submitting and publishing an article in Jurnal BIOS LOGOS, the authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to:

  • publish the article as the version of record;
  • reproduce and distribute the article electronically and, where applicable, in print;
  • make the article openly accessible through the Jurnal BIOS LOGOS website;
  • include bibliographic metadata and article content in indexing, abstracting, discovery, and preservation services;
  • preserve the article through appropriate digital archiving systems; and
  • promote and disseminate the article through scholarly communication channels.

These rights do not constitute a transfer of copyright ownership from the authors to Jurnal BIOS LOGOS.

6. Third-Party Material

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all third-party material incorporated into their manuscript may legally be published under the terms applicable to Jurnal BIOS LOGOS.

Third-party material may include:

  • figures;
  • photographs;
  • maps;
  • illustrations;
  • tables;
  • datasets;
  • questionnaires;
  • substantial excerpts of text; and
  • other copyrighted materials.

Where permission is required, authors must obtain authorization from the copyright holder before publication and provide evidence of permission upon request by the editorial office.

Authors must clearly identify third-party materials and acknowledge their original sources.

Material that is subject to a different copyright or licensing arrangement must be clearly identified so that readers understand that the Jurnal BIOS LOGOS Creative Commons license may not apply to that particular material.

7. Copyright of Peer Review Reports

Peer reviewers retain copyright in the original review reports they prepare for manuscripts submitted to Jurnal BIOS LOGOS, unless otherwise agreed.

Jurnal BIOS LOGOS protects the confidentiality of its peer-review process. Reviewer reports may be communicated to authors for the purposes of editorial evaluation and manuscript improvement. The journal will not publicly publish, redistribute, or otherwise disclose identifiable reviewer reports without appropriate authorization from the reviewer and subject to the journal's peer-review policy. Where anonymous or double-blind peer review is applied, the identities of reviewers will remain confidential in accordance with the journal's editorial policies.

8. Repository and Self-Archiving

Jurnal BIOS LOGOS supports the dissemination and preservation of scholarly research.

Authors may deposit copies of their published articles in:

  • institutional repositories;
  • disciplinary or subject repositories;
  • personal academic websites; and
  • other appropriate non-commercial scholarly platforms.

Authors are encouraged to provide a full citation to the version published in Jurnal BIOS LOGOS and include the DOI or a link to the article's official publication page.

Repository deposits should clearly identify Jurnal BIOS LOGOS as the original place of publication.

9. Disclaimer

The opinions, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in articles published in Jurnal BIOS LOGOS are those of the respective author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of Jurnal BIOS LOGOS, its editors, Editorial Board, the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, or Sam Ratulangi University.

Authors are responsible for the accuracy, integrity, originality, and legal compliance of the material contained in their articles.

Jurnal BIOS LOGOS and its publisher shall not be held responsible for consequences arising from the use or interpretation of information contained in published articles, except as otherwise required by applicable law.

10. Copyright Infringement

Although authors retain copyright, Jurnal BIOS LOGOS is committed to protecting the integrity of works published in the journal.

Suspected copyright infringement, plagiarism, unauthorized reproduction, or other inappropriate use of published material may be investigated by the editorial office.

Where appropriate, the journal may:

  • request clarification from the parties concerned;
  • request correction or removal of infringing material;
  • issue a correction, editorial notice, or retraction where publication integrity is affected;
  • contact relevant institutions, publishers, repositories, or other parties; and
  • take other appropriate action consistent with the journal's publication ethics policies.

Cases involving publication ethics will be handled with reference to relevant internationally recognized publication ethics guidance, including guidance from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

11. Relationship with the Open Access Policy

This Copyright and License Policy should be read together with the Open Access Policy of Jurnal BIOS LOGOS.

Open Access means that published articles are made freely available to readers without subscription barriers. However, reuse of those articles remains subject to the conditions of the applicable Creative Commons license.

The journal's current policy identifies Jurnal BIOS LOGOS as an open-access journal using the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

12. Contact for Copyright and Licensing Inquiries

Questions concerning copyright, licensing, permissions, reproduction, or reuse of material published in Jurnal BIOS LOGOS may be directed to:

Editorial Office
Jurnal BIOS LOGOS
Department of Biology
Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Sam Ratulangi University
Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Email: ronicaniago@unsrat.ac.id
Website: https://ejournal.unsrat.ac.id/v3/index.php/bioslogos/index